Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	252% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 15:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 262 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 704 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3220) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 50.8 33% 40.1 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 35.3 Splatting 35.7 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,335 379% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 33 203% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 61.4 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 32.7 85% 168 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 138GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 952 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458777 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 66 60 171799740450 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (DA) Unknown 100 100 9 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3106 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2410 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3108 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 25 (F6) Unknown 100 100 944640	99.2% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 510 Mixed 507 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.5 119% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 13.7 89% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1153 (C2) HDA temperature 110 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	116% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 187 Mixed 178 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.39 148% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 37.5 Mixed 25.9 42% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 26.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16